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Friday, October 5, 2012

FLP leader's lawyer son suspended

The
son of the leader of the Fiji Labour Party could be getting a start in
politics sooner rather than later after being suspended today from
practising law for the next five years.

Rajendra
Chaudhry and fellow Suva lawyer, Kini Maraiwai, were both suspended
after being found guilty recently by the Independent Legal Services
Commission of breaching protocol.

Chaudhry
was found guilty of one count of professional misconduct and one count
of unsatisfactory professional conduct: Maraiwai of two counts of
unsatisfactory professional conduct and one count of professional
misconduct.

Justice
Paul Madigan ruled Chaudhry be suspended until March the 1st in 2017,
that he also be publicly reprimanded and pay costs of $1,000.

Madigan
also ruled Chaudhry only be recertified by the Chief Registrar after
proving he has undertaken five hours of training in legal ethics by an
acceptable institution or a tutor.

He
has however allowed Chaudhry to practice until october the 26th but
ordered he is not allowed to reappear in court, or accept any new
instructions from existing or new clients.

Kini
Maraiwai's four year suspension was immediate with immediate with
Madigan also ordering he be publicly reprimanded and also pay costs $1,000.

Madigan
also rueld that like Chaudhry, Maraiwai only be recertified by the
Chief Registrar on of having undertaken five hours of training in legal
ethics.

Both
Chaudhry and Maraiwa's charges relate to the Indian national, Muskan
Balaggan, who was convicted of drug smuggling and whom Chaudhry was
accused of having sex with.

Sources
say Rajendra Chaudhry is being groomed to take over from his father,
Mahendra Chaudhry, who is alo facing charges relating to breaches of the
Exchange Control Act.

Chaudhry
Jnr was apparently annointed successor at a recent delegates meeting
which FTUC national secretary Felix Anthony and supporters say voting
was stitched up by the two Chaudhry's.

Following
a statement denouncing FLP, Anthony and FTUC have since left FLP saying
the party no longer represents workers and is caught up in a “quagmire
of deceit, dishonesty and hypocrisy.”

sad day rpc and km .well time to move on guys.why didnt they suspend khaiyum for treason.hahaha fiji court and judges becoming a joke.rpc will get more involve in flp and trash the regime now.bad move khaiyum.

What you do to others will be done back to you...full stop...these are the very people who supported the IG before and now they are getting it back.More to come.Wish him luck.The truth and only th truth will prevail

FIVE YEARS!!..GOOD HEAVENS!!...did he commit murder or concocted plans to Coup the Solicitor General job??...or ..what??

What is the depth of the ethical misdemeanour of the revered profession that young Chaudry have been alleged to blatantly breached?.... even if he were found guilty..bu..but…FIVE years to drag someone through a redemption path is in itself slur to the very justice intended to be achieved!

But….would it not be redemptive that should young Chaudry wins the next election and in a coalition of parties become Attorney General. (.well GB was able to take that honour with out the wig.)…that would be fun…don’t you think??....

..unless of course deregistered lawyers of 4 years or more are not permitted to contest the 2014 elections or hold an official role in a Political Party…..that would be ..well not funny at all…don’t you think?

He also helped his father draw up false affidavit for the Fiji High Court regarding the source of his crook father's $2million from India - submission which persuaded Justice Goundar to drop money laundering charges recently

RPC representing his father has more aggression in his fight against the state,, and they know it. now choudhary will have to find another lawyer, other than RPC all can be bought by the regime fighting MPC case.

His father has broken the law. He lied so many times to the SDL and even Doc Tupeni Baba. This time he will go to prison unlike some 30 years ago when he escaped for killing some one. God's delays are not his denials.

Irrespective of who represents MPC, he will be at Naboro soon. He has admitted himself that he has kept the money in Aust. I can't say that he obtained the money through fraud but he keeping the money out of Fiji is against the law and he knows it as the minister of finance.

Let's not forget that poor people spend time for petty crimes. Why shouldn't the rich guys. You can call me names buy people like Doc Sahu khan, Mac Patel and LQ would have got away with any crime. Now they have to pay.

Anyway, he only became lawyer by using part of the $2million to pay his study fees in Australia and lived up the life of Riley in a house also bought from that million - I am surprised he is not charged with the father for aiding and abetting money laundering

In their global hunt for Mahendra Pal Chaudhry’s original sources of all investment deposits into the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the investigating officers were told to take note of two postal addresses, 35 Haig Street, Bexley NSW 2207, and 49 Bryson St, Toongabbie, NSW 2146.

They were particularly interested in the second address, to which Chaudhry had switched his postal address to in October 2001. It belonged to his son and now a practising Suva lawyer, Rajendra Chaudhry, who claimed that his father was a victim of his political foes over the tax saga raging in the country.

The investigators were alerted to the Toongabbie address in Sydney because it was that address which the Commonwealth Bank of Australia had given as Chaudhry’s postal address relating to his call management account in Sydney, Australia.The bank statements revealed all the deposits and withdrawals from October 5, 2001 to January 1, 2004. The address read: Mr M P Chaudhry, 49 Bryson Street, Toongabbie NSW 2146.

Further documentary evidence was a statement to the same address from Perpetual Investment Management Ltd, which revealed that Chaudhry senior had, on September 17, 2002, bought 500,000.00 units of shares at $1 per unit price, and totalling $500,000.

The summary of his transactions for Perpetual Income Series for the period 1 July 2002 to 31 December 2002 was sent to Mahendra Chaudhry c/o Rajendra Chaudhry, 49 Bryson Street, Toongabbie, NSW 2146.

The statement was sent out to Chaudhry senior on the above address on 20 May 2004, two days after, on May 18, 2004, he had written to the FIRCA’s Income Matching Unit claiming that, “In so far as interest from moneys held in accounts abroad are concerned, please be advised that these have not been brought to Fiji but remain reinvested in the accounts there”.

Feel sorry for all his clients will loose their deposit sorry no refunds fro arrogant daddy's boy ,screwed twice once in parliament in2000 again now wonder which one is more painfull shud get Ben pada rat to appeal for him,

Feel sorry for all his clients will loose their deposit sorry no refunds fro arrogant daddy's boy ,screwed twice once in parliament in2000 again now wonder which one is more painfull shud get Ben pada rat to appeal for him,

Another one bites the dust. If only Rajen would have kept his pecker in his pocket, he would not have had to see this day. His ex-wife in USA has a lot of story to tell.

The father had gone to Raki Raki and paid this poor girl Muskaan Balagganwas and taken advantage of and misled. This is morally, ethically and legally wrong. What if this was Mahen ChoorDhry's daughter and in a foreign country and someone there did this to her? Would either of the ChoorDhry's condone this? I am sure naught.

Muskaan Balaggan is someone's daughter, someone's sister and someone's friend. This was wrong for Rajen and Mahen to do this to her. I strongly feel that the punishment is not harsh enough. If I was to hear the case, I sure would have disbarred Rajen for life.

It is time for the authorities to investigate Mahen for interfering with a victim of rape and coercing her to make false statement. Mahendra Choodhry should be hung by his balls.

Suits you right Chaudary Junior..You think you are above the law..you liitle chicken SH..!!Like father like son indeed..Sometimes you need to draw a line between a Lawyer and Judge..He knows it very well and may be he needs to taste the medicine of his Father,MPC..Be professional and sometimes try to humble yourself...you arrogant little fool...Ha!ha! 5 years huh!!lol

Jone you dumbo.1997 Constitution is alive go ask CJ Gate.Jone you are fool like your boss ASK.We cant make noise in fiji because the media is all controlled by the regime.We have to fight from Overseas like Subash Boss did and won the battle for India.So jone go bow down to the taliban Khaiyum Shame on you Jone for been jone and fijian.madua.

Epeli @ 1:05 AM, isn't it the case that ASK tried to suborn her testimony and get her to perjure herself by swearing to a false statement, in an attempt to smear Rajen for political purposes? By your same reasoning, shouldn't ASK hang by HIS balls?

Fiji is at a time when it needs to unite and move ahead and we have to decide who can work with us to achieve that. Can we really afford to throw people away just like that. Just as we are challenging Frank to show he truly cares for Fiji by doing the right thing, we must challenge ourselves to work together for the better good.

We must get one thing in our heads - these two Chaudhrys - in their intense dislike of Qarase conspired with Frank to carry out the coup and Mahend even became Finance Minister - they made sure many Indo-Fijians were driven out of Fiji who opposed them - have no sympathy for these people - it was coming to Rajend - he should go back to Sydney and drive taxi there - good riddance. I dont support Frank or the coup but do take pervert pleasure in seeing these thugs getting their own medicine from Frank-Khaiyum-Madigan

Can Madigan ask Gates, Shameem, Shaista (waging her naughty tail in Auckland - side step from mess), Aiyaz Khaiyum, fernando can first attaend a legal ethics training before telling others.

The above mentioned are raping the judiciary system in Fiji.

Shaisata Shameem (blondee/brown) drug addict who said that the 2006 is LEGAL and supported the illegal takeover is seen sniffing around auckland.

Maybe Jon Key should spy on all these people who aided and abetted with the Illegal regime leaving in NZ instead of KIM DOTCOM...John Prasad, Shaista Shameem, John Prasad, Thakur Rangeet Singh. Its a worthy exercise i bet...

Paul, the Fiji courts is a circus court anyway where animal farm rules apply.....not a worthy avenue for justice.

RPC as a lawyer should have known better than to give assurity and accomodate a female client in his house. Whilst living in his house, he was seen evrywhr in MHCC, Restaurants, his parents house everywhr with this drugist. And they seemed very comfortable together, noting from body language. It may not have been rape but consensual. However, after Muskaan alleged him for rape, RPC used Karishma, one of his staff whom he is living with in Sigatoka now to persuade Muskaan to withdraw and in return promised Muskaan no sentencing and trip back to Aust. She agreed but told RPC to give $10,0000 for surety which her uncle in Rakiraki provided. That's when MPC went from suva to meet Muskaan, Uncle and Karsihma in the Lautoka Gurudwara and sealed the deal after which Muskaan withdrew. After Muskaan was sentenced for giving false info bcos of the withdrwal, RPC promised her not to worry but that he was gonna get her out and started sending her food and visiting her evry Sat to prison. He was even sending her recharge cards which she used to call overseas and him, all for free. Check with prison authorities. MPC and RPC coerced Muskaan to withdraw and paid Muskaan $10,000 which was used by her uncle in rakiraki for her surety. This is coming up next, for you MPC. RPC, you did wrong by having sex with your client in the same house that your 6 year old son and now the woman who has become your ex-wife was living in. Your womanising has brought you to this, so stop blaming the AG or the Regime for this.

bro, its not the end of the road. try to appeal it . if cant move to aust or nz , and try enter the bar and practice certficate there. oh go to a commonwealth country like sigapore , malaysia , you can still p[ractice law there. you can even take this time to enhance your law paper like doing a master in law or even doctor in law . its not an end of the road .

ratu rakuita vakalalabure was disbarred , today he is in cook islands . dr sabu dean sahu khan was disbarred , he is now in nz . there is always another part to life . believe in god and believe in yourself my friend

Faiz and natasha are brother and sister .They are feroz kids of rakiraki and great friend of Khaiyums.Faiz takes khaiyum for fishing trip in ra.So now all muslims ruling fiji board and fijian army are protecting them .

Anon @ 1.44 pm - interesting you know so much about RPC and MPC. Fact of the matter is that Balaggan has said it was Khaiyum who made her lodge a false complaint. She has not shied away from this even after being charged and sentenced to 2 years jail. Why would she do this? Perhaps the woman has more dignity than you. I saw RPC and family just last week in Suva and they looked pretty much a family. But lets focus not on personal family details but the sentence against a smart, brave and young gentleman. God bless him and his family.

I am not a fan of Jr Chaudry , but at this point of time the only person can take head on this baini.kuuim regime is Jr no one else has gut..good on you chaudry you and your dad helped stand up baini and party now time to bring them down...

A smart, brave and young gentleman. IS that what you think Rajen ChoodDhry is? That statement of yours is a contradiction with in itself. A woman abuser can't be called "a smart, brave and young gentleman". Are you saying that he is smart to abuse women? Brave to abuse women? He abuses women gently?

With Qarase, Chaudhry Jr., and soon MPC all out of the way, the way will be clear for Commander to become our king Voreqe I. This will be the birth of a great dynasty that will rule Fiji for a thousand years. All that is left to do now is to change the Constitution and then to kill Aiyaz. No one left to oppose us then.

@7.55.....Wat family?????Does he even know what a family is? He was in the west whole of last week doing a probono murder trial in Ltka with some other woman by his side....Get your facts right anon7.55.He is womaniser and an abuser. I knw this bcos i am victim of his abuse which occured in 2010. I was his client for a divorce matter and he started txtng me and calling me in the middle of the nites. he started flirting and eventually wanted to bed me. He even went to the extent of buying me gifts and lied to me that he was separated. We started dating whilst I was still his client until I found out that whilst he was dating me, he was still living with his wife and son and he was also fkng this Karishma girl. When I dumped him, he didn't take it well and was very abusive on the phone and via sms which I have saved as eveidence.This is the RPC I know....a womaniser and a very convincing lier.

Anon 2:25, I don't know -- or even very much care -- whether what you say is true. I'm not a Chaudhry supporter by any stretch of the imagination, but I have to ask, if it IS true, then why didn't you testify to this to the ILSC? Obviously you're not shy about putting your personal life out there for the world to see. So why are you litigating this on C4.5 instead of with the ILSC -- so that Rajen doesn't have the chance to tell HIS part of the story?

If Rajen did these things, then he should have a case to answer. But that should be before an independent ethics panel by his peers, not in a kangaroo court controlled by traitorous political opponents or on a blog site.

@ NadiRajend is a sound lawyer which khaiyum is unable to digest..Khaiyum should get a life and stay out of others...His suspension is political...Fijians dont need to be a rocket scientists to figure that out, but let me assure you that Rajend will have the last laugh....I have been a client of RC and he has NEVER misbehaved, and you who has accused him of lying and womanizing whilst he was your counsel need to get help...RC has been a public figure so you should have used some of your grey matter and found out what his marital status was before you decided to get banged by him....Remember it takes two to tango...Rajend we love you and praying for you, your appeal will be a success...Keep your chin up!!!

“Real sector growth has been broad-based with some sectors exhibiting lower growth than forecasted and some others exceeding forecast. Investment is picking up and consumption is strong.”

He adds – the banking sector is performing well.

“The satisfactory performance of the banking system is characterized by strong levels of capital, adequate liquidity – indeed liquidity levels have been at all time highs in recent years, higher profitability and revived lending trends which in the recent years were assessed to be on slow growth.”

Fiji’s foreign reserves remain under the $1.6 billion mark and the central bank says the financial system remains sound

RPC and wife only have a marriage of convenience because of the child. This is agreed upon by both parties after the wife's child custody application was thrown out by the magistrate bcos she filed living under the same roof. He is living in the same house with another woman, the same woman from sigatoka who coerced the drugist to withdraw, on RPC's request. However, this is their personal choice, even though it is unethical for the wife, child and mistress to live in the same house. eeeewwwwww.......But as always, RPC doesn't think so there is anything wrong in doing so....arrogant Chaudhry's.

@Nadi.So you thought you would take out some divorce revenge on your husband by getting RPC to bang you. Well you wouldnt be the first divorcee to get into such a situation. Seems like you are bitter that he did not leave his wife for you. Like someone said, you should have done your research. People get propositioned every day. It is your duty to cover your bases. Hell truly hath now fury like a woman scorned.

@2.25I was also his client in that year and RC NEVER misbehaved with me, he has a repetition and a status where girls like you spoil it. when you dint complain that time then why are you doing it now, you are not a kid you could have spoken up bt NO cz you needed a lawyer to fight your case FOC.and his a public figure everybody knows that his married and has a son. They are a happy family together.RPC is a real HERO of this nation. wish u all the best and we are praying for you..

I agree its RPC's personal business who he sleeps with. However, he broke the most basic of rules which every lawyer knows, don't sign your own client's affidavit. Now was RPC arrogant or just did not understand this basic stuff? I hade to think the latert.

I must say he fights his case with lot of vigor. To a lay man, its great. But in the arena of the court, its not like a speach you give as a politican or an unionist. You are suppose to follow norms/rules. Rajend lacked this. He compensated his legal knowledge with showmanship. Nothing wrong with that RPC has a few other case coming to ILC. He took money if you have a different goal.

RPC would be lost if he did not get his briefings and advice from Howards lawyers And former high court master. In fact, RPC would not know the difference between right and wrong if it waas not for Him.

RPC was a pal at Messey Uni and he broke all rules there. MPC saved his arse so many times. He stole from the dairy shop. He stole from his father's acccount and what more.

RPC is more shit than bull. His courage to speak is because of the backing of his unionist father. Felix has toned him down.

@ anon 10.35 & 5.35I thnk you both are uneducated filthy garbage dumped by your husbands first and now accussing someone else. when he approached, you both had the rite to say NO why you guys let it happen at the first place?? he will fite through this and win for sure. stop wasting your time and others.. "BITCHES".RC our prayers are with you..

@anon 10.49. You seem like another jealous no profile lawyer rearing his green eyed head. RPC is a courageous young lawyer and one of only a handful to challenge FB and ASK. That's why Madigan shafted him. His uni days were a long time ago. Try to live in the present and stick to the issue of his suspension. RPC and his dad will be just fine.

fact of today fiji is ran by AG and very soon the tlibans will take over us. RPC shud be given stay as lot of peoples hopes are from him. These people are taking it as political. Politics aside dont spoil someones career.